EP0956964A3 - Printer, method of monitoring residual quantity of ink, and recording medium - Google Patents

Printer, method of monitoring residual quantity of ink, and recording medium Download PDF

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EP0956964A3
EP0956964A3 EP99303669A EP99303669A EP0956964A3 EP 0956964 A3 EP0956964 A3 EP 0956964A3 EP 99303669 A EP99303669 A EP 99303669A EP 99303669 A EP99303669 A EP 99303669A EP 0956964 A3 EP0956964 A3 EP 0956964A3
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Munehide Kanaya
Shuji Yonekubo
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/195—Ink jet characterised by ink handling for monitoring ink quality
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17566—Ink level or ink residue control
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17566—Ink level or ink residue control
    • B41J2002/17569—Ink level or ink residue control based on the amount printed or to be printed

Abstract

The technique of the present invention improves the accuracy of calculating an amount of ink consumption in an ink reservoir used in a printer (20), which ejects ink stored in the ink reservoir (42, 43) and prints an image. In the printer (20) of the present invention, a weight of a single ink droplet is measured in advance under a preset reference condition. In the course of printing an image, the printer (20) detects an ink supply condition, which affects the weight of a single ink droplet, and counts a number of ink droplets ejected. The amount of ink consumption is determined by correcting a product of the measured weight of a single ink droplet and the counted number of ink droplets based on a difference between the detected ink supply condition and the preset reference condition. This arrangement calculates the amount of ink consumption by taking into account the ink supply condition, thereby improving the accuracy of calculation for the amount of ink consumption.
EP99303669A 1998-05-12 1999-05-11 Printer, method of monitoring residual quantity of ink, and recording medium Expired - Lifetime EP0956964B1 (en)

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